Job Description

Applications are invited for the post of Consultant in Older Peoples Services at Colchester Hospital and Clacton Hospital. The appointees will join 4 other consultants in elderly medicine who provide a comprehensive service for residents of Northeast Essex as part of ESNEFT.



It is expected that the new appointee will participate in the development of the Frailty service for elderly patients in Northeast Essex. Other subspecialty interests are also welcome. The key elements of the role include inpatient care, frailty work, on call acute care as well as teaching and training junior medical staff.

The post-holder will:

Work with colleagues to provide a Consultant-led service with the highest standard of care;

Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines;

Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, out-patients and the Emergency Department (ED);

Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care;

Offer educational, clinical support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team;

Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility;

Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure and ensure the highest standards are maintained;

Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviour are demonstrated;

Ensure that junior doctors training confirms to College requirements; and

Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the Trust's agree policy



We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.



We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.



We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.



Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.



Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.



We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.



If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.



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Take part in the acute medical intake working. Provide on-going medical supervision for those patients admitted under his/her care following the acute take. There are four Older Peoples Services wards (excluding the stroke ward, orthogeriatrics and EAU); A ward-based system for junior doctors and patients currently operates so patients admitted under one consultant are often transferred to the care of another once they move off EAU and onto another ward. The appointee will be supported by an SPR (shared with one other consultant) and a foundation doctor/ CMT/ GP trainee doctor. He/ She will be responsible for managing in- patients on their allocated ward.

Work closely with the other consultants in Older Peoples Services to share in the care of patients in all aspects of care including acute care, rehabilitation;

Liaise with consultants within the department on the development and implementation of protocols and guidelines for the management of elderly patients and the development of clinical audit;

Provide a consultant advisory service to colleagues in other specialties in the trust as well as those in the mental health trust;

Participate in the Postgraduate and Undergraduate teaching programmes, and teaching of other health professionals, within the department;

Participate in the appraisal and assessment of junior medical colleagues, as delegated by the Unit Training Director; and

Participate in teaching of Registrars and Resident Doctors